How Much Does One Point Matter?

Year:

2012

Researcher(s):

Hannah DePriest, Ryan Rahrig (advisor)

Institution:

Ohio Northern University

Discipline:

Statistics

This presentation will summarize several probabilities surrounding the game of tennis. Given the probabilities of winning a point when serving for each player, it will be shown how to compute the probability of winning a game, set, and match. In addition, further expansion on the idea of ‘deuce’ will be examined. The full student program can be found here.